All Stories from August 6, 2011 (Change date)
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Obama’s plans could destroy the economyAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - In the game of hearts, occasionally, a player has such a full hand of high cards that he may actually attempt to take all the hearts, a very risky way to win (or lose) b...
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When laws broken, accept consequencesAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - The Daily Herald reported July 15 that protesters upset with Taco Bell’s decision to fire four of its employees picketed the Rolling Meadows restaurant. Indeed it is eve...
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The unknown heroes hiding among usAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - I had dinner last week with a friend whose name, for reasons that will be obvious, I can’t say. I can’t say exactly where he works or what he does. When I ask his wife a...
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Games played as people sufferAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - For 14 years as Shields Township supervisor, I would write Letters to the Editor about the serious economic and societal issues facing real people every day. During thos...
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Raise tax on hedge fund managers?Aug 06, 2011 3:00 am - Greed is killing America. Greed is sucking the money from the middle class into the coffers of the super rich. Hedge fund managers, unsatisfied with their billions of do...
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Get the facts on taxes, debtAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - Dear tea party, I have a little history lesson for you. 1. The Boston Tea Party was not about high taxes, the taxes on tea were actually lower than the smuggled tea the...
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‘Made in America’ brought prosperityAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - “The job market is defying history,” your article in the Business section says. It further states that unemployment has risen for three straight months. Economists are i...
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Quinn’s veto hinders DuPage educatorsAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - We teach our students that one of the primary responsibilities of the executive branch of government in the United States is to enforce the law. Our students and teacher...
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Gacy story merely sensationalismAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - I am appalled by your headline article on Aug. 1 regarding “Gacy secrets.” Why would a respectful news organization promote nothing more than a book sale on its opening ...
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Don’t cut Social Security benefitsAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - U.S. Rep. John Boehner, a Republican, wants to cut benefits to people who receive Social Security and Medicare. These benefits, by the way, were paid for by the recipien...